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Last Thursday I had MRV installed and received a HR22-100, it tried to download data (I assume an update) and "hung up" meaning no picture, and center light rotating all night. I finally reset it and had issues throughout the day. My husband discovered the CCK power plug was loose and we thought maybe power interruption was causing the issue. No problems for the rest of the week, until this morning and it wouldn't come on at all, I tried doing a reset, no luck. Ended up unplugging it and it finally came on and a message come on requesting download data and seemed to 'hang up' again.

So...my HR20-700 updated to 0x5cd 5/21, the HR22-100 is 0x59e from 5/18. Is the update causing these issues or is something wrong with the receiver? Could it be the CCK?

Well, the longer the 0x5CD is on my 3 HR24-500s, the less happy I am with it. When I got it, all was good. Plenty fast, no or little remote ignoring and I was happy. Now that I've had it since 5/5/2012, issues are starting to come up.

1. Speed is still very good - happy about that
2. Remote response/ignoring - unfortunately, this is starting again. Not quite as bad as with 0x59E, but bad.
3. Video/Audio glitches - not happy Happening all to much from both live and recorded events on nearly any channel. But it isn't consistent which is also an irritant.

Why the hell would the push this update out with the HDMI handshake bugs?? You know how annoying that is going to be to non tech folks? Nevermind the number of phone calls to tech support they are going to receive?

Seems pretty dumb.

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I also have a Denon (AVR-1909). Now I can't even revert back to the NR

I've had DirecTV for more than a decade, this is the worst I've ever seen it. By far. I'm not one to normally complain a lot, except about their brain-dead front line script readers, but this is ridiculous.

I feel your pain....in addition to two excellent HR24s I have two HR22-100s and an HR21-100 that are...well, you know the story. I've been a D* customer since 1999 and keep telling myself the next firmware update will be 'the one' (delusional I guess)...currently on 0x59e.

Well, the longer the 0x5CD is on my 3 HR24-500s, the less happy I am with it. When I got it, all was good. Plenty fast, no or little remote ignoring and I was happy. Now that I've had it since 5/5/2012, issues are starting to come up.

1. Speed is still very good - happy about that2. Remote response/ignoring - unfortunately, this is starting again. Not quite as bad as with 0x59E, but bad.3. Video/Audio glitches - not happy Happening all to much from both live and recorded events on nearly any channel. But it isn't consistent which is also an irritant.

HR24-100 05cd

1. Yes2. Not having this issue using RF fixed it for me3. Having this issue as well

Why the hell would the push this update out with the HDMI handshake bugs?? You know how annoying that is going to be to non tech folks? Nevermind the number of phone calls to tech support they are going to receive?

Seems pretty dumb.

{Mod Edit}

I also have a Denon (AVR-1909). Now I can't even revert back to the NR

You can actually still revert back to 0x059E at times (like right now), you just have to watch what is in the stream. Essentially every time I change the channel with 0x05CD, I lose video and have to cycle the input to get video back. That is completely unacceptable, and if I have to deal with it much longer, my patience will be gone.

You can actually still revert back to 0x059E at times (like right now), you just have to watch what is in the stream. Essentially every time I change the channel with 0x05CD, I lose video and have to cycle the input to get video back. That is completely unacceptable, and if I have to deal with it much longer, my patience will be gone.

I've not been reading here real close, so I may have missed this.

Can you set Native Off and pick the max resolution your TV does and have the video hold?

Can you set Native Off and pick the max resolution your TV does and have the video hold?

I don't know about this current firmware, but every other version I have used in the last 5 years allowed Native Off, then choosing your own resolution, and the sat box rescales its output to that resolution (specifically, I used 720p and 1080i) Both held for over a year, as long as Native is set to OFF.

The advantage of this, of course, is channel changing speed. The disadvantages have been discussed to death, so I won't repeat them.

Thanks Hasan, but I already know this version can do it, I was really just asking that if he did set it off and pick a resolution, would his problem go away.

My 3 HR24-500s are all set to Native On and all rez's except for 480i and seem to work just fine, with just a little slowdown on channel changes while HDMI makes its mind up. So I'm not seeing the problem he is.

Can you set Native Off and pick the max resolution your TV does and have the video hold?

I tried that in particular and it didn't work for me, though that does give me a thought. I disabled all resolutions except my default max 1080i and already had native off. Even with those settings, though, the DVR is sending a 720p signal if going by what the TV says. The next time my box updates again (probably early next morn), I'll have to try choosing only 720p instead of 1080i and compare results.

I also received the 0x5cd update for both of my receivers.
i have a hr-20-700 and a hr 21-100.
when i hit list for the first time after the update, directv said i was now authorized for whole home but when i checked settings it said i was not.
Both receivers are connected to my network via ethernet.
Did this happen to everybody?
What gives?

Not having the HDMI handshake problems. Native on. Speed is much improved, and so far remote response is also greatly improved. Still not as fast as before the HD GUI, but much better. I am also seeing the video/audio glitches on both live and recorded TV. Picture goes black and sound goes off for 5-6 seconds, then comes back. Doesn't happen at same spot on recorded shows if I go back and play program again.

Got updated to 05cd on tuesday. Have an HR20-700. Did anyone else's dvr restart on it's own overnite? I keep the round lights off so i know when there is an update or my receiver restarts and the round ring was on when i got up this morning.

Got updated to 05cd on tuesday. Have an HR20-700. Did anyone else's dvr restart on it's own overnite? I keep the round lights off so i know when there is an update or my receiver restarts and the round ring was on when i got up this morning.

I got the round ring, too. I was hoping it would signal a replacement for 0x5cd. No joy. I had 0x5cd last night. I have 0x5cd this morning. This is one horrible "upgrade."

I have three TVs set up. All of them have 0x5cd. The hardware is:

Vizio XVT323SV + HR20Vizio XVT355SV + HR22Vizio M420SR + HR23

All three sets have identical problems with the 0x5cd "upgrade."

The DVRs report that the output is 1080i, the TVs report they are receiving 720p.

There are frequent losses of picture and sound when changing channels, more frequent when the channels have different resolutions.

The loss of picture and sound requires a cold reboot to fix.

The Vizio XVT355SV + HR22 setup has picture and sound running through a Denon 3312ci AVR. This "upgrade" has trashed the Denon GUI and the volume bar no longer shows on the screen.

It's not a total loss. The DVRs are much more responsive to the remote.

I don't know if the tradeoff is worth it. The "upgrade" feels like alpha-level software. This thread makes it clear that I am not alone. The problems are widespread.

My guess is that is was some small patch without a version update. Seems to have fixed some of the receiver initiated restart problems I was having. After last night's restarts on all 8 HR20s no restarts yet today. One HR20 was restarting on its own or locking up about 5 times daily. Others restarted 1-2 times. Hopefully things will improve.

I am experiencing an HDMI problem with 0x5CD that is completely repeatable (at least on my equipment) so I thought I would throw it into the mix.

When switching from an HD channel to an SD channel, I lose audio and video (like some of the others in this thread). If I wait a little bit, I do get audio, but I have not had video ever return with intervention. To get video back, switching inputs doesn't help. It requires either cycling power on the DTV box, cycling power on my Onkyo receiver, or changing back to an HD channel from the remote (which really doesn't help if you are trying to watch the SD channel).

Of course, I probably wouldn't have noticed this if DTV was carrying NASATV in HD, but that's another complaint...

I am able to work around the problem by setting Native to ON and setting my only resolution to 1080p. It makes the guide look worse, but there are no dropouts as I change channels!

Hope this helps anyone else with the same problem...

Don

Thanks, Don.

I removed just 480i and 480p from the list of resolutions and it works great! In fact, when I go to NASA TV the UI stays in 1080 (instead of switching to the SD UI) and looks so much better. And switching between SD and HD channels actually seems quicker as well.

Are there any potential "gotchas" with blocking the 480 resolutions? This box will never be hooked up to anything but HD.

I removed just 480i and 480p from the list of resolutions and it works great! In fact, when I go to NASA TV the UI stays in 1080 (instead of switching to the SD UI) and looks so much better. And switching between SD and HD channels actually seems quicker as well.

Are there any potential "gotchas" with blocking the 480 resolutions? This box will never be hooked up to anything but HD.

Are there any potential "gotchas" with blocking the 480 resolutions? This box will never be hooked up to anything but HD.

No "gotchas" that I'm aware of. Some folks prefer that SD is sent "as is" to their TV so that its potentially better hardware for scaling (and perhaps de-interlacing) can be used. Given the dismal PQ of the SD channels as provided by DirecTV, this may well be trying to put lipstick on a pig.